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Open AccessPartial dechlorination of 2,4,4′-trichlorobiphenyl (PCB 28) mediated by recombinant human CYP1A2
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Open AccessTen years after: findings from the medical surveillance program on Health Effects in High-Level Exposure to PCB (HELPcB)
After the detection of high environmental and occupational exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in a German recycling company for transformers and capacitors in 2010, the multidisciplinary medical surv...
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Open AccessNew data on the metabolism of chloromethylisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone in human volunteers after oral dosage: excretion kinetics of a urinary mercapturic acid metabolite (“M-12”)
Methylisothiazolinone (MI) as well as the mixture of chloromethylisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone [MCI/MI (3:1)] are biocides that are used in a variety of products of every-day life. Due to the skin sens...
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Open AccessLongitudinal changes in telomere length in PCB-exposed individuals: interaction with CMV infection
We recently demonstrated a significant shortening of age-adapted telomere length (TL) in lymphocytes of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)-exposed individuals. Here, we analyzed TL in individuals of the same PCB-...
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Open AccessAssociation of plasma PCB levels and HbA1c concentration in Iran
The rapid increase in prevalence of diabetes mellitus over the last decades warrants more attention to the effects of environmental and occupational exposures on glucose metabolism. Our study aimed to assess t...
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Open AccessAccelerated telomere shortening in peripheral blood lymphocytes after occupational polychlorinated biphenyls exposure
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are organochlorine pollutants with a worldwide dissemination. We examined telomere length (TL) in peripheral blood cells of 207 individuals with a high body burden of PCBs due ...
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Determination of 2,5-toluylenediamine (2,5-TDA) and aromatic amines in urine after personal application of hair dyes: kinetics and doses
The personal use of hair dye products is currently under discussion due to the potentially increased risk of bladder cancer among long-time users described in epidemiological literature. In order to investigat...
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New approaches to the metabolism of xylenes: verification of the formation of phenylmercapturic acid metabolites of xylenes
It was the aim of this study to ascertain whether xylenes form phenylmercapturic acids via aromatic epoxides in the human metabolism. Aromatic epoxides are suspected to exert mutagenic properties. Therefore we...